I am a big fan of ABC's drama "Lost," so obviously I was excited when I heard there would be a video game based on the show.

Now that I have finished the game, I must make one thing clear before I describe my experience. If you have never watched the show or do not care for the show, automatically subtract two letters from the grade above.

You play a new photojournalist character, not from the television series, who is flying home on the famous Oceanic Flight 815. While on the plane, another passenger a few rows back, glares at your character. This character rushes yours just before the plane breaks into pieces and careens toward the mysterious island.

Unfortunately when he comes to, he can't remember a thing, and it is through interacting with other survivors on the island, exploring and solving puzzles that his tale is told and his memory eventually returns.

The excellent musical score and great looking set make a wonderful backdrop to play in. The game flows much like an episode of the TV show, which is really cool. There are seven levels or "episodes" that start with a suspenseful intro, the opening titles from the show and end with a twist or climax, followed by the end titles. All of this certainly makes you feel like you really are playing the show.

Peppered throughout each episode are flashbacks where you must take photographs to unlock memories and learn more about your past. This is very cool and really feels like the show. It even says, "Previously on 'Lost'" before each new episode, just like on TV.

Unfortunately, there are some flaws that will irk players, especially the fans. For one, the voice acting is pretty pathetic since most of the main characters from the show such as Jack, Kate, Sawyer and Locke are not voiced by their actors, but cheap knockoffs that sound like they are from a poorly dubbed import film.

And from the moment you arrive at the plane's barren crash site and see five people, as opposed to the dozens that were running and screaming in terror in the show, you start to see some major detriments to the license. Survivor Michael Dawson will tell you he is looking for his son Walt, and later that he is building a raft so he can get Walt home, but Walt is strangely absent from the entire game.

There are also some inconsistencies in the oddest areas of the game as well. The opening titles look and sound just as they appear on the show, but only for the first episode. For some reason they have the wrong audio in every other episode. Elements like this just make the game feel sloppy and rushed. Throw in a very annoying mini game involving fuses, and by the end of the game you are bound to feel disappointed.

That being said, fans will find enough fun in the "Numbers," the "Others," the "Hatch," the "Black Smoke" and other highlights from the show to warrant a rental. For everyone else, it might not even be worth that.

Nathan Grant of Mattydale, has fought for his country and won the big tournament. He has scaled giant beasts, crossed the finish line in first place and prevented apocalypse on more than one occasion. He's even died for what he believes -- all in video games.